A Tribute to Christina Kessler: Top Five Moments of a Harvard Great
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The following article featuring Harvard goaltender Christina Kessler appeared in the January 27 of the Harvard Crimson.
By Loren Amor
CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Senior Christina Kessler's Harvard career may be over, but she
walks away with every major Crimson career goaltending
record—and the NCAA career save percentage mark to boot.
Suddenly and unceremoniously, the Christina Kessler Era is over
for the Harvard women’s hockey team. The standout senior
goaltender tore her ACL during practice last week, ending her
season and college career. There’s plenty of hockey left for
Kessler, who is on the Canadian Under-22 team and will likely be a
national team fixture for years to come, but her loss deals the
Crimson (10-5-4, 8-5-2 ECAC) a devastating blow. The squad faces
the ECAC playoff hunt and seeks an NCAA Tournament bid with
untested rookie Laura Bellamy starting between the pipes and junior
Kylie Stephens returning to the squad as a backup.
Kessler’s tenure with Harvard ends with her name scribbled
all over the school and NCAA record books. She holds the
Crimson’s all-time wins and shutout marks with 64 and 25,
respectively. In her sophomore year, Kessler notched 12
shutouts—at the time an NCAA record (Wisconsin’s Jessie
Vetter tallied 14 blank sheets last season). Kessler finishes her
career with a .9413 save percentage, which places her just ahead of
Vetter (.9407) as the NCAA’s all-time leader.
As a tribute to the decorated netminder, let's look back on the
top five moments of Kessler’s career:
Complete article can be accessed via the Crimson Web site by clicking here.
